Xi addresses national health conference in Beijing.
Today's events
National health conference.
Xi told a two-day Beijing conference the current five-year plan is the key period for reaching the 2035 Healthy China goal.1Oct 13 · State CouncilTariff cuts with Washington.
Commerce Ministry published a reciprocal framework cutting duties on about $30 billion of imports each way, with over 90% of products going tariff-free.2Oct 12 · MOFCOMNew productive forces rulebook.
Central planners detailed the Party and State Council's new Opinions on developing new quality productive forces — 19 tasks, including an economy-wide “AI-plus” push.3Oct 9 · NDRCAviation export controls.
Commerce Ministry opened comment on draft rules letting airlines and repair firms export engines and inertial navigation units on registration alone, no per-shipment licence.4Oct 13 · MOFCOMCounter-measures over Taiwan.
Foreign ministry sanctioned Paraguay's technology minister and Belize's foreign minister under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law after they visited Taiwan.5Oct 12 · MFALocal debt quota.
Finance Ministry released 550 billion yuan of unused local-government debt headroom — 300 billion to counties for budget support, 250 billion for fourth-quarter projects.6Oct 9 · MOFEurope vehicle talks.
Commerce Ministry said China and the European Union settled hybrid and electric-vehicle trade on three principles, averting escalation, with quotas rising above 2025 volumes.7Oct 12 · MOFCOMAlgorithm rules for gig work.
Human-resources ministry's draft measures bring platform workers under labour law for the first time, barring algorithmic discrimination and automated decisions on major matters.8Oct 11 · People's DailyTibet legislator expelled.
Tibet's former people's congress deputy Party group secretary and vice chairman, Ding Yexian, was expelled from the Party and referred to prosecutors for bribery.9Oct 10 · CCDI
Voices
“Prevention is the most economical and most effective health strategy — we must do the basic, source-level work carefully and solidify the foundation of national health.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary, National Health Conference · Oct 131
“Tying oneself to ‘Taiwan independence’ forces has no future whatsoever — it only means missing development opportunities and isolation from the international community.”
Mao Ning, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 125
“It is strictly forbidden to use the development of new productive forces as a pretext for cut-throat investment poaching, blindly following project fads, or reckless cash-burning.”
Official, National Development and Reform Commission · Oct 93
“No measure will single out Chinese products, still less discriminate against Chinese firms; China's quota will not be lower than any other source the European side imports from.”
Spokesperson, Ministry of Commerce · Oct 127
“The pursuit of efficiency cannot come at the cost of workers' rights, still less should it leave workers shedding both sweat and tears.”
People's Daily commentary, on platform-labour rules · Oct 118
“Ding Yexian gravely violated the Party's political, organisational and integrity discipline, and did not restrain or stop himself after the 18th Party Congress.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection notice · Oct 109
Sources
- State Council (gov.cn), “Xi Jinping Stresses at the National Health Conference: Unswervingly Follow the Path of Health Development with Chinese Characteristics” (习近平在全国卫生与健康大会上强调), October 13, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7083088
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Releases Details on the China-US Trade Council and the ‘$30 Billion for $30 Billion’ Reciprocal Tariff-Reduction Framework” (商务部公布中美贸易理事会和“300亿对300亿”对等降税框架有关情况), October 12, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/rcxwfb/…/30bn-for-30bn-framework
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Officials Answer Reporters' Questions on the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces” (就《关于发展新质生产力的意见》答记者问), October 9, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/t20261009_1408037
- Ministry of Commerce, “Bureau of Industry Security and Import/Export Control Answers Questions on the Draft Measures for the Administration of Export Credentials for Dual-Use Items in Civil Aviation” (《民用航空领域相关两用物项出口凭证管理办法》), October 13, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/sjfzrfb/…/aviation-dual-use-credentials
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference” (2026年10月12日外交部发言人毛宁主持例行记者会), October 12, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20261012_12038772
- Ministry of Finance, “Ministry of Finance Allocates 550 Billion Yuan of Outstanding Local-Government Debt Quota” (财政部安排使用5500亿元地方政府债务结存限额), October 9, 2026. zwgls.mof.gov.cn/gzdt/…/t20261009_4002433
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the China-EU Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Consultations” (商务部新闻发言人就中欧混动汽车、电动汽车礁商共识答记者问), October 12, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/sjfzrfb/…/china-eu-vehicle-consultations
- People's Daily (Opinion), “Setting Rules for Algorithms, Standing Up for Workers” (给算法立规，为劳动者撑腰), October 11, 2026. opinion.people.com.cn/n1/2026/1011/…/40812369
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Ding Yexian, Former Deputy Party Group Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress Standing Committee, Expelled from the Party” (丁业现严重违纪违法被开除党籍), October 10, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20261010_515960